Hah... europe will become king of the world! We'll tax and regulate ourselves to enormous wealth! No... jokes aside, europe is a failed union, and will slowly collapse or decompose in a decade or two.

Then we can again focus on trade, lowering taxs and creating value. The only thing that is happening now is that the political class has become enormously rich through bribes and by having managed to phase out democracy and enriching themselves.

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amunozo 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There are issues with Europe, no doubt. But this kind of comment is ridiculous.

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watwut 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You mean, like America is doing right now while simultaneously destroying its international position and quality of life?

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mrweasel 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Right now, sitting in Europe, wishing that Brussels was just ever so slightly more functional, you look out into the world and see how everyone else is doing, and you're reminded that things isn't actually that bad.

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tonyhart7 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"simultaneously destroying its international position"

US has been doing the same thing for last 200 years and you act like its been different ???

oh, is that because you dnt get benefit as opposed to instability that US cause like middle east, south america, africa and asia ????

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watwut 7 hours ago | parent [-]

US was not destroying its own international position for 200 years. Their international position went all the way up in that period. It was also not destroying its own quality of life for 200 years.

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tonyhart7 4 hours ago | parent [-]

there is nothing to be destroyed if there is no "good reputation" in the first place

You are seeing from European perspective but I can assure you that there is people that seeing western country is a "bad guys" from these region because Western power always trying exert their influence via trade deal, regime change, fund armed group etc

	▲	watwut an hour ago \| parent [-]
		And America is loosing their ability to exert their influence. You are claiming it has no position while similtaneously using its past position as argument.